“The Birth of Venus”

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Artist Konstantin Simun works with found objects to create his sculptures. “I see art everywhere I look," he said. "Sometimes people ask me how I work, and I say: ‘I’m just cleaning the street.' But everything I pick up either is, or it becomes, a work of art.”

Trash becomes treasure, becomes art

Ed Portal gallery features work from sculptor who uses found objects

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DateMay 17, 2016March 12, 2019

Minoo Emami’s paintings interrogate war and its lasting effects and also record what it means to be an Iranian woman and wife. In her large-scale works — “War Collection,” on view at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies through Aug. 18 — Emami pairs images of prostheses with familiar household items. “They’re always a permanent subject, and a permanent presence in the life of the person who is an amputee,” she said.

Vivid reminders of war

Exhibition by Iranian artist recalls the human cost of the Iran-Iraq conflict

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DateJune 24, 2015